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字源

字源

Chinese

 
letter; symbol; character; word
root; source; origin
simp. and trad.
(字源)

Noun

字源

  1. etymology of a Chinese character

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
げん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

字源 (hiragana じげん, romaji jigen)

  1. etymology of a written symbol; etymology of a letter; etymology of a character
  2. etymology of a Han character

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

字源 (jawon) (hangeul 자원)

  1. Hanja form? of 자원, “etymology of a Han character”.